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Primary Chronicle for the year 1054 states: “Yaroslav, Great Prince of Rus', passed away. While he was yet alive, he admonished his sons with...

Pereyaslavl, Kyiv Rus’ Forpost Against Asiatic Nomads: Volodymyr the Great’s fortresses...

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M. P. Kuchera (1922-1999) was a Ukrainian archaeologist of Czech origin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine, and Leading...

Kyiv controlled the Kerch Strait in 11th century AD: Stone of...

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Stone of Tmutarakan was discovered on the Taman Peninsula in 1792. It was the time when the famous English traveler Edward D. Clarke was passing through...

Original Rus was centered in Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Pereyaslavl only; Even...

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Academician Borys Rybakov (1908-2001) was a Soviet and Russian archeologist and historian who held a Chair in Russian history at Moscow University since 1939,...

‘Ukraine’ and ‘Muscovy’ names in the 1669 issue of The London...

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Important Chernyakhiv Culture Was Local to Ancient Kyiv Rus-Ukraine: It was...

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Wikipedia page states that the Chernyakhiv Archaeological Culture “territorially replaced its predecessor, the Zarubintsy culture. Both cultures were discovered by the Czech archaeologist Vikentiy...

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Mykola Pymonenko whose works inspired Kazimir Malevich. His Hopak painting was...

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Mykola Pymonenko was a Ukrainian realist painter who lived and worked in Kyiv. Pymonenko is best known for his urban and rural genre scenes of...

Warrior in Chamber-Grave at Golden Gates in Kyiv: King Dir, ‘the...

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Most lasting Chornobyl Conspiracy Theory: Moscow needed a nuclear accident to...

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World Famous Ukrainians

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Ukrainian Robotic Exosceleton Startup on MassChallenge Shortlist

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"Since March, MassChallenge’s world-class network of investors, serial entrepreneurs, corporate executives, academics, and more have evaluated applications based on each startup’s ability to demonstrate...

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In August of 1937, Moscow demolished 12th-century St. Michael’s Cathedral in...

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St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is situated on the central hill of Kyiv overlooking the Dnieper River and the northern part of Ukraine's capital. It was...

The Czechs crowdfunded and bought a tank for Ukraine

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Czech citizens raise $1.3 mln for modernised tank for Ukraine | Reuters